HARTFORD -- Syracuse had done a lot of talking heading into Saturday's game against UConn. When it came time to back up those words it came up well short against the nation's No. 1 team.

All-American Maya Moore had a career-high 40 points and made a team single-game record 10 3-pointers to lead the Huskies to a physical 107-53 victory before 13,086 at the XL Center. Moore also became in the fastest player in team history to reach 1,000 points, reaching the milestone in 55 games.

Svetlana Abrosimova set the previous record with 63 games.

The Huskies (17-0) have won 17 straight games and 33 straight games at home. The victory also sets up a battle of unbeatens at No. 2 North Carolina (17-0) Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. It will the 11th time UConn has been involved in a game between the nation's top-two ranked teams (8-2).

The victory was bittersweet for UConn, who lost starting freshman two-guard Caroline Doty to a sprained left knee in the final minute of the first half.

Doty, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the same knee during a soccer game in September of 2007, suffered the injury with 27.9 seconds remaining in the first half when she tried to control a pass from Maya Moore in transition. She grabbed her knee in mid-air and fell to the ground underneath the basket. She was helped off the floor and into the locker room by trainer Rosemary Ragle.

Doty did not return to the bench in the second half. Junior forward Kaili McLaren started the second half for the Huskies.

It marked the second straight game against Syracuse that a UConn player sustained a knee injury. Mel Thomas tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee with 1:52 left in the game Jan. 15, 2008.

Doty was having her best game since scoring a season-high 18 points against Oklahoma Nov. 30. She had 17 points on 5-of-11 3-pointers and four rebounds. She not expected to play Monday.

Moore, who was 10-of-14 from 3-point range and added 13 rebounds in her eighth double-double this season, became the 32nd player in team history to reach 1,000 points with a 3-pointer with 15:23 left in the game. The hoop gave the Huskies and 69-34 lead.

She left the game to a standing ovation with 4:23 left, earning just the second 40-point game in team history. Nykesha Sales scored 46 against Stanford Dec. 21, 1997.

Tina Charles finished with 20 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies. Renee Montgomery had 14 points and 11 assists -- her second double-double this season.

The Huskies set a team single-game record for with 18 3-pointers, three shy of the national record. A 3-pointer by Montgomery with 8:27 left gave UConn an 88-36 lead. They would lead by as many as 58 (102-44).

The game was extremely chippy for a good portion, with elbows being thrown by members of both teams. Syracuse junior Juanita Ward was hit with a technical foul for elbowing with 2:44 left in the first half. Nicole Michael threw Moore to the ground following a tie-up with 11:52 left in the game. After the sequence, Auriemma glared in the direction of the Syracuse bench during the ensuing media timeout.

Auriemma received a technical foul with 6:08 left in the game for arguing with an official, one possession after Moore was run over in the lane by Nicole Michael and charged with a blocking foul.

Following the game, Auriemma had words with Michael at end of the handshake line. He then had to be escorted off the court by Montgomery.

Chandrea Jones led Syracuse with 15 points. Michael added 11 and five rebounds. The Orange shot just 24.0 percent in the second half (6-of-25) and were outscored 59-25.